Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202567855 - Employee Is Killed When Run over by Forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 202567855 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 01/22/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316306919	01/23/2012	7389	425120	Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers (America) Inc.

Abstract: On January 22, 2012, Employee #1 was operating a forklift with two other employees setting up a light tower in the customer's parking lot. Employee #1 had lowered the light tower and began to back out from under the tower. As the employee began to back out, the two other employees turned away to lower the tower's stabilizers. When the two other employees looked back, Employee #1 had fallen off the forklift and was run over by the forklift resulting in severe trauma to the head. The employee was pronounced dead at the scene.

Keywords: HEAD, LIGHTNING, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, RUN OVER, TOWER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316306919			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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